You were maybe planning to stop by the Bookstop in the old Alabama Theater on Shepherd for one last browse before the store closes on September 15th? Do a little clearance-sale shopping, grab a coffee up on the balcony and look out over that live-on-stage magazine stand?

It may be a little too late for that now. On the Houston Press Twitter feed this weekend, Katharine Shilcutt reported that the upper levels of the store are already cleared and closed . . . for good.

Photo: Houston Press

08/17/09 11:07am

6 Comment

  • Wow, this is so sad. One more unique place gone:(

  • yes, booooo.

  • Did some bargain shopping there this weekend. Don’t write it off yet! There are still some great things on clearance, and a lot of the books that would normally have been housed in the balcony (business, reference, etc.) have been moved downstairs. I think they’re just trying to consolidate as they start to clear out.

  • I was just over there a week ago. I moved into town on W Dallas not too long ago, and visited this place Tuesday of last week for the first time. I was flabbergasted (in a good way) to see the architecture. Good stuff like this is so rare. Then I realized it was closing…if only I’d known about it sooner.

    I do have one bright spot though, someone decided my blog was fun enough to sponsor a giveaway of a funky modern kitchen item. The link is below if anyone is interested.

    http://sporkintherd.blogspot.com/2009/08/twisted-giveaway.html

  • Genuinely sad to see it go. Lived right around the corner from the Alabama as a kid back in the 70’s. When I was 10, my mother (yes, my mother) took me there to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show during its hey-day as the ultimate midnight movie experience. It blew my tiny little mind.
    The interior of the cinema was magical. I can’t even remember just how many movies I saw there (or even how many I snuck into!) but I vividly remember sitting in that theater and looking at the gothic art-deco and feeling that long lost thrill of being at the cinema, even if the film was rubbish. So long Alabama, you’ll be fondly remembered.